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Who is Olivia Attwood as Love Island star is confirmed for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here?-Meghna Amin-Entertainment – Metro
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The Love Island star is heading into the jungle (Picture: Getty/ITV)
Olivia Attwood has been confirmed as the first Love Islander to camp in the jungle for I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here!.
The 31-year-old was spotted touching down at Brisbane airport for the long-running reality TV series presented by Ant and Dec, which is due to return to our screens in a matter of weeks.
While Olivia and radio presenter Chris Moyles are so far the only confirmed celebrities, the rumoured line-up this year includes the likes of England’s Lioness Jill Scott and Boy George, who is rumoured to be the highest-paid camp mate ever.
Other stars rumoured to be poised to become well acquainted with all manner of creepy crawlies as they undertake the bushtucker trials are comedian Seann Walsh and Mike Tindall, who would be the first ever royal camp-mate.
Who is Olivia Attwood?
The star has turned into a documentary-maker (Picture: ITV)
Love Island star-turned-documentary maker Olivia Attwood first found fame after appearing on the ITV reality dating series.
Since then, she’s made regular appearances on The Only Way Is Essex, having joined the series in 2019.
She’s also starred on Celebs Go Dating as well as ITV’s The Games.
In 2020, Olivia began her own reality series titled Olivia Meets Her Match, which followed her life up to getting engaged to her fiancé, and earlier this year, released docuseries Getting Filthy Rich, which explored topics covering OnlyFans and Camgirls, delved into the world of porn.
When was she on Love Island?
Olivia and Chris appeared on the 2013 series of Love Island (Picture: ITV/REX)
Olivia appeared on series three of Love Island, back in 2017.
During her stint on the ITV reality series, she was coupled up with Chris Hughes, but the pair split seven months after leaving the villa, after their own spin-off series Christ & Olivia: Crackin’ On.
Does she have a boyfriend?
Olivia and Bradley got engaged in 2019 (Picture: Olivia Attwood/Instagram)
Olivia is engaged to footballer fiancé Bradley Dack, and recently admitted she’ll be missing ‘the s**ging’ while she’s away for four weeks.
The pair got engaged in 2019 during a trip to Dubai, but have had to push back their wedding due to Covid-19.
It’s been a fairly rocky road for Olivia and Bradley, who dated before she found fame on ITV’s Love Island in 2017.
They’ve since broken up several times, most recently in April when Olivia confirmed their split in her Instagram Stories, only to reconcile with the footballer two days later.
The pair have been through an up and down relationship (Picture: Richard Young/REX/Shutterstock)
When does I’m A Celebrity start?
The start date of the new series has not yet been confirmed, but has reportedly been revealed as Sunday, November 6.
The series will return to Australia for the first time since 2019. as the show has been pushed forward due to the Qatar World Cup, which will start on November 20, The Sun reports.
An ITV spokesperson said: ‘We’ll announce the start date for the new series of I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! in due course.’
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Who is rumoured to be joining the I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here 2022 line-up?
While no official names have yet been announced, the rumoured line-up so far includes:
England’s Lioness Jill Scott
Former English rugby player, and husband to Queen Elizabeth II’s granddaughter Zara, Mike Tindall
Loose Women’s Charlene White
Love Island’s Olivia Attwood
Seann Walsh
Celebrity Gogglebox star Babatunde Aleshe
Boy George (and he’s reportedly landed the show’s biggest ever paycheck)
Coronation Street’s Sue Cleaver
Yesterday, Olivia confirmed she would be swapping her glamourous life for the rainforest to The Mirror, saying: ‘I am scared of me, in terms of how long the other campmates can tolerate me. I will get myself in trouble somehow, the usual.
‘I haven’t packed very many bikinis, we are not allowed very many.’
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She continued: ‘My friends and family have always wanted me to do this show so let’s see how it goes.
‘I love Ant and Dec, I have grown up watching them. They are British TV Icons.’
I’m A Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here! returns to ITV in November.
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